Holy Scripture
Judges 21:1
A church father on this verse
“What regard for virtue our forefathers had to avenge by a war the wrongs of one woman which had been brought on her by her violation at the hands of profligate men! No, when the people were conquered, they vowed that they would not give their daughters in marriage to the tribe of Benjamin! That tribe had remained with…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1Now the children of Israel swore in Mizpah, saying, No man of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.
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In context
— Judges 21:1 —
2And the people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping;
3and said, Wherefore, O Lord God of Israel, has this come to pass, that today one tribe should be counted as missing from Israel?